(3) First up Bess dived to his left to catch Howell to become Cooke’s fourth and final victim, his second string to his bow is just as vital as his batting. From 215-5 Berkshire were reduced to 269 all out with Tom Allin using his slower ball to bowl two, Yau’s audition continued with a catch off Chappell and Mickey Wilkinson gave Allin his third wicket. A remarkable recovery. The home side thought they would be invited to bat but Devon decided to use the 90 balls remaining to pick up a bonus point. Yet again they failed, this inability is not unique to this side but whilst Bowser and Bess put on 73 (50 off 50 balls) all seemed to be going to plan. Bess on the slog fell for an unselfish 43 and Bowser fell on the sward when he was run out for 31, Cooke scored 1 off 2 and Porter 0 off 3. Carr called his side in at 80-3 off 84 balls an over early. The problem on this occasion as in the past was that out of the balls bowled by Berkshire 45 were not scored off, we have still to develop the push and run which should be a vital ingredient to all batters armoury. Will the missed bonus point prove crucial only time will tell?

An excellent team performance with again the feeling that there is much more to come from the side, well we only now have three games to fulfil our true potential. An enjoyable trip home with the same staff at the Little Shef (sic) and the renowned pancakes given another tasting. The Westlife CD the most popular with Smith counselling Yau on his difficult last month.

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